The Mission at Mesa

Zach Hofmeister | Colorado Mesa University | October 2023

Game night with Drew, Gabe, Elijah, Robert, Ace, Bridget, and Ally

Dear Friends,

I hope that you have had such a blessed October! The semester is flying by so fast, and there is so much happening in our mission! Here are a few of the things we've been doing this past month!

The Gospel and Discipleship

This month in Bible study we finished walking through The Crux, which is focused on presenting the Gospel. The guys have been very receptive to the call to make Christ the center of their lives, and all of them are desiring a deeper relationship with Him.

Playing Catan with Barrett, Nick, and Drew after our Bible study

We had a great turnout for our SEEK info party!

So far, I've individually shared the Gospel with Gabe and Drew, and started walking with them in discipleship! We've been discussing Acts 2:42, and how the Lord is calling us to a deeper relationship with him through the apostles' teaching, fellowship, the sacraments, and prayer.

SEEK Week

This month we've also started inviting all our students to SEEK, the annual conference FOCUS hosts to bring thousands of college students together each winter! Attending SEEK each year of college always proved to be a point of deeper conversion for me, and played a big role in my hearing Jesus' call to serve as a missionary. The peak of our invitations was an info party we threw at the Newman house where we shared about our experiences and helped them get signed up! We have 18 students signed up already, and our goal is to have 30 coming with us! I'm so excited to continue inviting students and helping them to be able to attend, and to see how Jesus will work in our time there!

Matthew and Brenna shared their testimonies from past SEEK's

Ally and I were the emcees for the night!

We have 18 students signed up for SEEK so far!

Olivia, Victoria, Miranda, Erin, and Jacky at our pumpkin carving night

Gospel Highlight: Luke 12:22-34

A Gospel passage I kept coming back to in prayer this month was Luke 12:22-34. I was especially touched by the gentle way that Jesus invites His disciples to trust in Him more, and have been seeking to give more of my trust to His plan over mine. I invite you to spend some time with Him in this passage too!

Other Highlights

The Mesa Catholic Halloween party
Singing spontaneous karaoke after the SEEK party
Going to confession with four of my Bible study men
Meeting Fr. Carl, an awesome priest who came and spoke to us about the realities of spiritual warfare

I went camping with some of my Air Force Academy friends this month!

Please Pray...

For my Bible study men: Gabe, Drew, Robert, Elijah, Nick, Barrett, Dylan, and Tyler
For our students and our team to grow in love of prayer and intimacy with Jesus
For greater surrender to the Lord's will for my life and on mission

THANK YOU!

Your prayers and support are the reason that I'm able to be on mission for Jesus at Colorado Mesa. Thank you so much for that great gift to me and our students!

In Christ Jesus, Zach

More Photos!

For outreach on campus we invited students to show off their talents

Fr. Carl, who spoke to us about spiritual warfare, is also an amazing guitarist

My teammates and I dressed as a 70's rock band for Halloween

Matthew, Drew, and Gabe at the Halloween party

Bridget, Olivia, and Victoria came as the Schuyler sisters and sang their song from Hamilton for karaoke

Kylee and Allison singing karaoke

FOCUS National News

Thank you for being with me on this mission!